"I AM BOXER" begins its fourth fight with world-class boxer Dmitry Bivol.
tvN 'I AM BOXER' (directed by Lee Won-woong, writer Kang Sook-kyung) ranked 5th in the TV non-drama buzz category and 2nd in the TV and OTT Friday non-drama buzz category in the third week of Dec., according to a Dec. 23 survey by K-content competitiveness analysis firm Gooddata Corporation FUNdex. In the TV non-drama cast buzz category, Myung Hyun-man ranked 1st and Kim Dong-hoi ranked 6th, proving hot popularity.
In addition, the online cumulative video views of 'I AM BOXER' surpassed 320 million views as of Sunday the 21st, and on FlixPatrol, a global OTT platform content ranking site, it secured a spot in the Disney+ TV show worldwide top 10 for five consecutive weeks as of Sunday the 21st.
In episode 6, airing on Fri. the 26th, unified light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, holder of the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles, will appear to receive warm cheers. Bivol said he wanted to come immediately without hesitation when he heard it was a boxing program in Korea. His mother is Korean. That is why he is connected to Korea. He said he wanted to see the level of Korean boxers and was curious about what ideas they would use to make a program with boxing. He said he wanted to see who would win and how they would do it.
Master Don Lee will also trade punches with world-class boxer Bivol. He will take Bivol's punches directly while holding the mitts. As attention focuses on Bivol's heavy, destructive punches that have conquered the world, curiosity is piqued about how Don Lee reacted.
The fourth fight prepared by Don Lee and Bivol, a three-way match, will also be unveiled. The format, in which three fighters take turns fighting one-on-one for 60 seconds and proceed in unlimited rounds until the master declares an end, promises an extreme fight like none ever experienced, drawing intense interest. In addition, the fighter who knocks an opponent out is guaranteed survival, but the other two are eliminated, and only five of the 15 fighters can advance to the next fight.
Meanwhile, in the three-way match between Lee Chae-hyun, Lim Yoon-chan and Shin Dong-hyun, longtime friends Lee Chae-hyun and Lim Yoon-chan will emit bromance chemistry as they respect and cheer for each other amid a cold, fierce contest, enhancing the entertainment.
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